This wasn't a mechanism to resist thieves, but a proclamation of the words 'lacks qualification.' The man was still uncontrollably kneeling on the ground, and when he had been knocked down, another terrifying change was already taking place inside the great hall.
Pei Ye first heard a cold, light "click" sound, followed by countless "clicks." It was an experience that one could not relive in a lifetime—the noise wasn't coming from a single spot, but from the entire great hall behind him.
Qu Zhu barely managed to prop himself up amidst the pain, trembling as he turned his head, and in an instant, he stiffened.
It had started to move.
The structure that climbed like tree roots across the dome, the thing he thought he had perfectly bypassed, was now slowly rotating its body.
Ten years later, this scene would still be branded in the man's dreams.
